February 20th, 2019
Business activities are slowing down on yarn markets in Pakistan, in line with a lack of demand from China. Lower cotton prices have helped spinners in slightly reducing their offers for specific counts. – From our Pakistan Correspondent Ahmed Fayz Cotton yarn prices have begun very slightly decreasing on the domestic market in Pakistan, over …
February 20th, 2019
Yarn prices have stopped rising in India after being significantly increased in the past weeks. Cotton prices have also stabilized after sharply falling in the past three months. Cotton exports are however expected dropping this year whereas imports would be supported by the fall of prices on the international market. Spun yarn prices have stopped …
February 19th, 2019
Textile fiber prices could decline in the coming months, being negatively affected by very poor apparel sales at retail, amid a global economic slowdown. Cotton futures have already dropped this week in New York and polyester chain prices have begun decreasing in the Far East. Other petrochemical fibers could follow the same downward path. Fiber …
February 19th, 2019
Yarn prices have not moved in China where production is very slowly returning to normal after the end of lunar year holidays. Yarn import prices have been kept unchanged in the meantime, in absence of clear trends for the coming period. The yarn production is slowly returning to normal, about ten days after the end …
February 18th, 2019
Cotton prices have sharply declined at the start of last week, over bearish data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and an overall drop of commodity prices. Fiber use could be depressed by the global economic slowdown and falling apparel retail sales in the United States and in Europe. Cotton futures have eventually plunged …
February 18th, 2019
Nylon 6 prices are now expected rising after material costs of fiber producers have begun sharply increasing after lunar year holidays. The surge of benzene prices since the start of the new year in Asia has boosted caprolactam prices. Demand could however resist from nylon 6 processors now confronted with a slowing down textile production. …
February 18th, 2019
Polyester intermediate prices have moved into different directions in the last days in China where PTA prices were this Monday recovering after paraxylene prices have bottomed out. The rise of crude oil prices is now supporting the polyester chain with fiber prices staying currently frozen, due to a lack of demand from spinners and filament …
February 15th, 2019
Wool prices have remained very strong in Australia as buyers anticipate a new fall of available quantities in the remainder of the season. Volumes exported by Australia have sharply declined in the last 10 years, as reflected by our comprehensive data covering 2008 to 2018. Exports have however risen in US$ terms, due to the …
February 13th, 2019
The yarn market remains very firm in Pakistan thanks to a very strong demand from foreign markets which has been boosted by the sharp fall of the rupee in the last year. – From our Pakistan Correspondent Ahmed Fayz Cotton yarn prices have remained relatively stable in the past seven days in Pakistan, after sharply …
February 11th, 2019
Business activities have remained subdued on the international cotton market in the last week, as participants were waiting for the first data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in two months. The market should stay stable until the end of US-China trade negotiations, due before March 2nd. The international cotton market has stayed relatively …
